The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.

The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.

Thanks are the highest form of thought.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

For us who live in cities Nature is not natural. Nature is supernatural. Just as monks watched and strove to get a glimpse of heaven, so we watch and strive to get a glimpse of earth. It is as if men had cake and wine every day but were sometimes allowed common bread.

I defy anybody to say what are the rights of a citizen, if they do not include the control of his own diet in relation to his own health.

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.